Iowa drivers should be extra careful in November, according to the state Department of Natural Resources, because the month has the highest rate of collisions between vehicles and deer. The deer road kill count in Iowa in 2010 was about …
A man who pleaded guilty to playing a role in cases of stolen vehicles and arson in the Madison, S.D., area earlier this fall has been sentenced to three years in prison for that and for a burglary last year. …
Authorities say several vehicles have been damaged after glass fell from a broken 44th story window of a downtown Austin skyscraper. Police are trying to determine what led the glass to fall around 10 p.m. Tuesday from the Austonian residential …
The State Patrol says more than 400 people who died on Minnesota roads in the last three years weren’t wearing seat belts. State transportation officials are renewing their request for drivers and passengers to buckle up. A statewide enforcement effort …
Michigan State Police motor carriers will focus enforcement in the coming week on commercial vehicle moving violations, seat belt use and driver inspections. Operation Safe Driver began Sunday and runs through Oct. 22. The national effort is aimed at reducing …
Jurors will hear statements made to authorities by an actress who appeared on the “Melrose Place” TV series at her aggravated manslaughter trial in New Jersey. A judge ruled Amy Locane was able to understand the consequences of waiving her …
A car dealer from the Dallas area has been convicted over his role in a so-called “title washing” scheme. A federal jury in San Antonio on Wednesday afternoon found 49-year-old Jerry Edward Weaver of Rowlett guilty of two counts of …
A 21-year-old woman is being held at the Douglas County jail after being charged with trying to break into vehicles near the jail shortly after she’d bonded out on another charge. Chief Deputy Stan Copeland with the Douglas County Sheriff’s …
Two Ohio men honored as heroes for their actions after a 2009 car crash are now suing the woman they rescued from a burning vehicle. The Columbus Dispatch reports the suit filed in central Ohio’s Marion County by David Kelly …
Neighbors have buried a teenager who died when a motorcycle collided with a vehicle carrying Los Angeles Lakers player Lamar Odom and hurtled onto a New York sidewalk. Odom, who stars in a reality TV show with his wife, Khloe …